Hospital archive resources
The new south main entrance (entrance 2) at Ipswich Hospital opened on Monday, 29 November 2021. This is the first big opening as part of the £23.1 million transformation that will improve how patients and visitors access services at the south end of the hospital. After six months of major building works, visitors and patients… Read more »
Patients will be able to have one visitor to see them while they are in hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) again. It comes after a large majority of visiting had to be suspended due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, both in the Trust’s hospitals and in the… Read more »
Women can now have painful growths treated quickly and easily and return home the same day following the introduction of a new treatment at East Suffolk and North Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). The Sonata system uses radio frequency to treat fibroids, which are non-cancerous growths that develop in the muscle layer around the womb…. Read more »
Behind the doctors, nurses and ‘white coats’ of the NHS, are thousands of skilled professionals also helping to care for patients. Among them are managers making decisions about everything from finance, bed management and the buildings where patients are treated. Every year graduate trainee managers are recruited to keep the NHS wheels in motion. Serena… Read more »
It’s World Diabetes Day on Sunday and healthcare teams across the world will be celebrating. Here are two stories of excellence in patient care as at ESNEFT. A ground-breaking initiative which saw an ESNEFT clinician bring together a group of diabetes experts to develop guidance to support patients with COVID-19 has received an award in… Read more »
We are making some changes in Ipswich Hospital patient / visitor car park F and apologise for disruption tomorrow (Thursday 11 November 2021). This is the car park straight ahead as vehicles drive onto the hospital site from the main Heath Road entrance. The work involves creating a new drop-off zone and some new disabled… Read more »
Additional support is at hand for family carers while visiting is suspended temporarily in hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). Whether you are a family carer with a loved one in hospital, or a family carer that is a patient in our care, dedicated support is in place to… Read more »
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s (ESNEFT) recent performance against key government targets will be on the agenda when the board holds its next meeting on Thursday (4 November). The meeting will take place between 9.30am and 12noon via videoconference to maintain social distancing. During the morning, attendees will hear more about the… Read more »
Giles Thorpe, Chief Nurse at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, has thanked all of our communities for their patience and forbearance as temporary visiting restrictions come into place at all of the Trust’s hospitals. “We know how important visitors are for patients and it was a very difficult decision to take. The… Read more »
There are going to be some changes to entrances at Ipswich Hospital. We are building a new south main entrance (entrance 2) and retail area followed by a new Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre as part of a £23million project to improve services for patients. We are asking our patients and visitors to use… Read more »
Anyone with an interest in healthcare is being invited to a special meeting to hear more about developments at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) and its plans for the future. ESNEFT’s annual members’ meeting takes place virtually via Microsoft Teams Live on Wednesday 10 November between 6.30pm and 9pm. It will… Read more »
Visiting is being temporarily suspended in all hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). The difficult decision was taken to temporarily suspend visiting in Suffolk hospitals on Wednesday, 27 October, and it now needs to be extended to north east Essex. Visiting will therefore be suspended in the Trust’s north east… Read more »